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<br />000953 <br /> <br />majority of past transfers in California and the other <br /> <br />western states have invloved intrabasin transfers of <br /> <br />, <br />water, Metropolitan's primary negotiations involve major <br /> <br />interbasin water transfers. <br /> <br />2. Transfers as Part of Lona Ran~e Plannin~. <br /> <br />Rather than relying on transfers after the fact to <br /> <br />recover from shortages that have already occured, <br /> <br />Metropolitan is incorporating water transfers as an <br /> <br />integral -- indeed, essential -- component of long range <br /> <br />reliability planning. <br /> <br />B. Transfer Pro~rarns: Some Examples of Success. <br /> <br />In the past few years, Metropolitan and other <br /> <br />California water agencies have made substantial progress <br /> <br />negotiating and implementing water transfer agreements. <br /> <br />1. Imperial Conservation Proaram. This <br /> <br />highly publicized agreement was finalized in December, <br /> <br />1989. <br /> <br />a. Under the Metropolitan/Imperial <br /> <br />Irrigation District Conservation Agreement, Metropolitan <br /> <br />agreed to pay for 16 specific water conservation <br /> <br />projects within lID, where it is estimated that <br /> <br />conservation could save 325,000 AF or more annually. <br /> <br />b. The initial Conservation Agreement is <br /> <br />expected to save 106,110 AF annually at a cost of about <br /> <br />$128/AF. <br /> <br />c. To resolve concerns of the Coachella <br /> <br />Valley Water District; Metropolitan and lID agreed to <br /> <br />provide protection for Coachella during extremely dry <br /> <br />-23- <br />